Manzanar

Public domain footage set to Tom Paxton's version of Tom Russell's song about the Japanese relocation in WWII.

Setting this to public since the copyright owner (of the audio track) seems cool with it.

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• manzanar
• japanese
• internment
• relocation
• camp
• WWII
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[DarthHenry99]

I am doing a history fair project on Manzanar so if anyone has relatives that were in Manzanar will you contact me, my email address is DarthHenry99@gmail.com if I interview someone from Manzanar it would help me greatly! Thanks:)

[CockerSpanial49]

we watched this in social studies !

[cito423]

@hobart815 - I have a tremendous amount of respect for your grandma and others who were put in camps during this sad time. Your grandma's parents probably lost everything and suffered a great deal. I don't know if I would have the same strength you grandma's parents had to rebuild from scrap yet still have the heart to never complain about their sacrifices. Japanese Americans of that generation are resilient.

[hobart815]

My grandmother was in Manzanar, and when I showed her this, she started crying.

[rha101]

@superhoga I fully agree with you.

[superhoga]

@rha101 Nobody complains when others rights are taken away. People need to understand if we don't all have rights, then none of us do. Precedents matter. When you let the government define who is undesirable, it's only a matter of time before you are an undesirable. or, "Why I am a Libertarian"

[rha101]

@superhoga For more than a decade I have taught this topic to community college students and ask them if they would have supported or opposed the internment--30 to 50% say “yes, it was the right thing to do.” Many people are perfectly willing to give away someone else’s rights, if they think it might offer them a measure of security, even if there no evidence of wrongdoing. Now that is scary.

[superhoga]

Greatest generation, huh? Racists in the west, racists in the south, racists in the north. No better than the racists in Europe.

A disgusting episode and I fear a repeatable one with today's climate of hatred for specific people groups.

[robroy999999]

One of the most moving songs I have ever heard

[milesthedog100]

If you find this interesting, Google Ralph Carr Gov. of Colorado who stood up to the Government against interning Japanese Americans. I became very good friends with an elderly Japanese couple who both suffered at the hands of the internment. They were both 2nd generation Japanese Americans and their story is remarkable. Neither of these outstanding people became bitter and were very proud Americans.